Silent newsreel extracted from US Army film "Selected newsreel scenes, ca. 1948 - ca. 1956" "Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai of Red China with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India. Chinese cheer as cavalcade of cars drives thru the streets. Nehru visits Chinese steel mill. Railroad construction in Red China. Crowds carrying flags and placards listen to speeches. Ribbon is cut and train moves over tracks. Russians laying railroad tracks in snow. Gen. George C. Marshall arrives in China to mediate the China Civil War. He is greeted by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek. Nikita S. Khrushchev and Mao Tse-tung signing papers and shaking hands. Khrushchev at airport shaking hands with Chinese Reds and being hugged by Mao. Khrushchev waves before entering plane. General and Madame Chiang Kai-shek in forest on vacation. Chiang in hall greets Allied officers and makes speech. Masses of Chinese refugees retreating wearily along roads. Children eating in camp. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip watching the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway. Ship moves thru the Seaway."National Archives Identifier: 28617

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